On Fire
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Books on Fire
Author: Lucien X. Polastron
language: en
Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON
Release Date: 2007-08-13
Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Robozonic
Mabel is just an ordinary 8-year-old…or is she? One day, on the way to school, she meets a mysterious talking pebble. Mabel soon discovers that this ‘pebble’ is not a pebble! It is a gadget known as Robozonic, from the year 2111. And it can communicate with all living things – plants, animals and humans too! Join Mabel and Robozonic in their very first adventure together! PLUS: Robodictor explains difficult words in the passage!
World On Fire
Amy Chua's remarkable and provocative book explores the tensions of the post-Cold War globalising world. As global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and democracy in developing nations can turn ugly and violent. Chua shows how free markets have concentrated disproportionate, often spectacular wealth in the hands of resented ethnic minorities - 'market-dominant minorities'. Adding democracy to this volatile mix can unleash suppressed ethnic hatred and bring to power 'ethno-nationalist' governments that pursue aggressive policies of confiscation and revenge. Chua also shows how individual countries may be viewed as market-dominant minorities, a fact that could help to explain the rising tide of anti-American sentiment around the world and the visceral hatred of Americans expressed in recent acts of terrorism. Chua is not an anti-globalist. But in this must-read bestselling book she presciently warns that, far from making the world a better and safer place, democracy and capitalism - at least in the raw, unrestrained form in which they are currently being exported - are intensifying ethnic resentment and global violence, with potentially catastrophic results.